With a resume so suave it does not comes as a surprise that students appearing for the Class 10th board exams in West Bengal found a question regarding the run-making machine - Virat Kohli - in their English Paper.

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New Delhi: Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian team, needs no introduction. Not because he helms the Men in blue but his individual laurels have made the country proud. The 29-year-old batsman from Delhi has 35 centuries to his name in the ODIs and 21 in the 5-day format. He is pegged to surpass Sachin Tendulkar's iconic batting record of 100 international centuries which still appears insurmountable. In his young career, Kohli has won the ICC ODI player of the year award twice (2012,2017) and was adjudged the ICC 2017 Cricketer of the year. Virat Kohli is also the recipient of India's fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri.

With a resume so suave, it does not come as a surprise that students appearing for the Class 10th Board exams in West Bengal found a question regarding the run-making machine in their English Paper. As reported by Hindustan Times, the English examination paper consisted a compulsory question of 10 marks where they had to write a short profile of Virat Kohli based on the points mentioned in the question paper. The report by the national daily further elaborates that the students were more than happy to attempt the question regarding the Indian captain.

On attempting the question on Kohli, Shreya Ghoshal, a student of Midnapore Mission Girls School in West Midnapore district said,"Kohli is so popular that even if points were not given, many could have written pages.” Shamim Akhtar, a student of Nabipur Saralabala High School in Murshidabad told the newspaper that she was glad to answer a question on her “idol”. “We wrote the answer with delight as we never expected a question like this. He is my idol,” she was quoted as saying.

An examinee at Kolkata’s Balarampur Girls High School, Isha Shaw said that she was “delighted” to write a profile on someone of Kohli’s stature. “It always feels good to write about a player of Kohli’s stature. He is an icon and I was delighted to write his profile,” she was quoted by the newspaper.

Around 1.1 million students appeared to give the paper, as per the report. The report also cited former cricketer and TMC legislator Laxmi Ratan Shukla who appreciated the initiative of asking a question on Kohli. “Besides being an icon, Kohli’s life is about dedication, hard work, and discipline, which can be an example for students. I appreciate the gesture and I hope in future there will be questions on sporting icons not only in Madhyamik but other board examinations as well,” said Shukla.

Kohli is currently taking his time off from the cricketing duties as the team has travelled to Sri Lanka to take part in the Nidahas Trophy. He will gear up for cricketing action in IPL 2018 which begins on April 7.

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